An experimental investigation of age discrimination in the English labor market
By: by Peter A. Riach, Judy Rich
Contributors: Rich, Judy
Series: Discussion paper -- no. 3029; Discussion paper (Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit : Online) -- no. 3029
Publisher: IZA
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Bonn, Germany
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] /
Subjects: Age discrimination; Applications for positions
Description: "Carefully-matched pairs of written job applications were made to test for age discrimination in hiring. A twenty-one year-old and a thirty-nine year-old woman applied for jobs where a "new graduate" was sought; men aged twenty-seven and forty-seven, inquired about employment as waiters; women aged twenty-seven and forty-seven, inquired about employment in retail sales. The rate of net discrimination against the older graduate, and against the older waiters in their London inquiries, correspond to the highest rates ever recorded anywhere, by written tests, for racial discrimination. There was a statistically significant preference for the older applicant in retail sales"--Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit web site.
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